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Bradbury Bettina <1949-> |
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Working families : age, gender, and daily survival in industrializing Montreal / / Bettina Bradbury |
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Toronto, [Canada] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1993 |
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©1993 |
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ISBN |
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1-4426-9095-X |
1-4426-5572-0 |
0-8020-0898-4 |
1-4426-8547-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (313 p.) |
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Collana |
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Canadian Social History Series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Working class families - Québec (Province) - Montréal - History - 19th century |
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History |
Montréal (Québec) Social conditions |
Montréal (Québec) Economic conditions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. The Economic, Geographic, and Social Context of Montreal Working-Class Life -- 2. Marriage, Families, and Households -- 3. Men's Wages and the Cost of Living -- 4. Age, Gender, and the Roles of Children -- 5. Managing and Stretching Wages: The Work of Wives -- 6. Managing without a Spouse: Women's Inequality Laid Bare -- Conclusion. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Working Families explores the complex variety of responses of working-class families to their new lives within industrial capitalist society, and offers new ways of looking at the industrial revolution in Canada. |
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